Samsung has just issued a press release announcing the Korean company had just started mass-production of the first SoC for Wearables using 14-nm FinFET process with their Exynos 7 Dual (7270) dual Cortex A53 processor. Exynos 7270 is also said to be the first such SoC to embed full connectivity and LTE modem integration.

The SoC will be packaged inside a SiP-ePOP package with DRAM, eMMC, and a power management IC, which will allow for a much smaller board, and more space for the battery for example, which combined with the more power efficient 14-nm FinFET process should allow for longer battery life for wearables.

Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 Running Tizen OS on Exynos 7 Dual Processor

Samsung can also provide a reference platform with display, NFC, audio codec, diverse sensors and a sensor hub to help companies getting started with their product design.

Yeah maybe they got the cores a bit wrong though. Two A35s would have been much better for this purpose as they use less power.
Too bad Samsung doesn’t make watches like the original Gear S anymore. I have one and I really like the big curved screen. Round screen, meh , nice but kinda useless.

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2 years ago

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theguyuk

If they had any sense they should spin a faster TV SOC off it with 3 cores, higher display and memory upto 4GB and since not on battery tweak for perfomance. Aimed as a premium mid range SOC.

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Silentorange18

seriously packing a SOC like that on small size ? overpowered in term of function of smartwatch i bet battery life suffer alot on this wrong move by samsung